Nils

Nils

See also: nils

Catalan

Alternative forms

• Nyils (local variant)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin asinus (“donkey”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnils/

Proper noun

Nils m pl

1. A town of the Rosselló (Roussillon) district in Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France. French name: Nyls.

Derived terms

• nilsenc

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Danish

Etymology

From Swedish Nils. A variant of the more common Danish Niels.

Proper noun

Nils

1. A male given name.

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Faroese

Proper noun

Nils m

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Nils: Nilsson
• daughter of Nils: Nilsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Nils
Accusative	Nils
Dative	Nilsi
Genitive	Nils

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German

Etymology

From Swedish Nils.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːls/

Proper noun

Nils

1. A male given name borrowed from Swedish and Norwegian.

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Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of the Latin saint's name Nicolaus, Nicholaus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). Recorded in Norway since the 11th century. Cognate with English Nicholas.

Proper noun

Nils

1. A male given name.

Related terms

variants:

• Nicolai
• Nikolai
• Niklas

pet form:

• Nisse

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 799 males with the given name Nils living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

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Swedish

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of the Latin Nicolaus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1455.

Proper noun

Nils c (genitive Nils)

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Claes, Clas, Klas, Nicklas, Niclas, Niklas, Nikolaus
• (pet form) Nisse
• (feminine names) Nicole
• (surnames) Nilsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 137 988 males with the given name Nils living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.